Ideal Day

For the record, I don’t work on the couch, as much as my cats seem to want me to. I work upright at a desktop. By a window!!!!

Transcript:
“Panel 1: Jenny and Lisa at a bar.
Jenny: Mike’s so lucky he works at home. No commute!
Lisa (taking a swig of beer): Mmmrph
Panel 2:
Jenny: If I worked at home I’d have so much time to exercise and fix nice healthy lunches for myself! And I’d have the perfect workspace, next to a window…
Panel 3:
Jenny: I wonder what his day is like…
Panel 4: Mike is laying on the couch with his laptop. He’s asleep and drooling. A soda is on the floor nearby. The cats are perched on the couch, napping.

Despite what many think, working at home isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The good thing about it is that I can do it the luxury and privacy of my bedroom, without anyone yelling at me to get work done. The bad thing about it, is that I never seem to get away from it.

And for me, working at home is when I really get work done. At work, it’s getting work done during a series of interruptions, often when you’re just about to get some program function to work perfectly. (Coworker IM: What’s this little flag next to the email in my inbox? – Me: WTF, hope I can remember what the test was for that if-elsif block that just popped into my mind.)

With discipline, you can clock out and knock off a quick personal “wellness session” to keep your sanity in between your paying work.